Research observation — independent review required
Identity or conditions: contract requirement: optional; maintenance content: updates; software origin: custom; transfer method: load and leave
- Treatment
- excluded from base
- Rate application
- no rate
- Rate class
- no rate
- Local interaction
- no local rate
- Sourcing
- standard situs
- Evidence required
- standard transaction record
- Effective start
- 2025-08-01
- Research consolidation
- unanimous candidate
Statute or rule: Custom means designed for one user; custom software is rare, since most software is prewritten with modifications; purely custom software is not subject to tax, since it is not treated as tangible personal property, so any updates or upgrades would also not be treated as tangible personal property
Matrix references: 30350
Streamlined Sales Tax state taxability matrix